Non-Destructive Techniques for Quality Evaluation of Intact Fruits and Vegetables

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 248-251

  Jha, Shyam Narayan ^a   Matsuoka, Takahisa ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fruits and vegetables; MRI; NIR spectroscopy; Non destructive methods; Quality evaluation; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001375079     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.6.248     Document Type: Review

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